2-time Olympic snowboarder calls for Team Canada boycott of Beijing 2022

Drew Neilson spent a good portion of his youth screaming down snowy slopes all over the world in pursuit of podiums. But now a decade into retirement, he says he can’t help but speak out about the 2022 Beijing Olympics and the International Olympic Committee’s willingness to partner with China, calling for a full Canadian boycott of the games. “I’m really disgusted. I don’t want to even be called an Olympian anymore,” he said from his home in North Vancouver. “The IOC recognizes … human rights as enshrined in the fundamental principles of the Olympic Charter and the code of ethics, and they say the IOC takes this responsibility very seriously. But do they?”